Loadstar
Captain your own starship in this 2D, open-world space-sim. Command your crew as you explore, trade, mine, smuggle, steal and fight your way across the milky-way galaxy with real-time, tactical combat.
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7 itemsAbout the Game
Captain your own starship in this 2D, open-world space-sim. Command your crew as you explore, trade, mine, smuggle, steal and fight your way across the milky-way galaxy with real-time, tactical combat.
Key Features
Realtime tactical combat - Raise shields, distribute power, target enemy systems, power up the jump drives to escape or talk your way out of trouble
Play at your own speed - Pause the action at any time to evaluate the situation and give orders
Open World - Explore a huge open-world galaxy combining prodcedurally generated and hand crafted elements
Ship Design - Build your starship your way and change its configuration to balance, attack, defence, speed, cargo capacity and jump range or buy new larger starships
Crew Management - Recruit your crew and command them to battle stations or damage control
Dynamic Economy - Trade your way to profit with a dynamic economy which rewards clever planning and risks, not milk-runs
Legal System - Uphold the law as a bounty hunter or break it as a pirate or smuggler
Non-violent Options - Chill out with some laid-back asteroid mining or running a leisure cruise
